Necktie



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NEGKTIB.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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UNITED! STATES@ PATENT @risica "WILLIAM C. GROSS, OF BQSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 288,192, dated November 6, 1883.

l vApplication iiled October 6, 1883. (No model.)

1'@ is employed for the purpose, the pin referred to being secured to the back of th'etie insuch position that the free end ofthe band or strap.

which secures the tie to the neck can be engaged therewith. l y

i It is characterized, mainly, by the employment, in connection with the tie, of aholdingclip, preferably spring-acting, into the bite of which the free end of the strap can automatically, and without necessarily manipulat- 2@ ing the clip, be introduced by a lateral movementthat is to say, by drawing it into the clip sidewise, instead of and in contradistinction to threading it, as it were, by passing its n end through an eye or closed loop. This and other features of my invention, which I shall iirst describe in their preferred embodiment,

and then point out more specically in the claims, can best be explained and understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,

' 3o in which- Figure l is a view from the rear side of a necktie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a like view of a necktie embodying the same invention in a modified form. Fig. 3 is alike view of still another modification, illustrating one convenient arrangement by which the invention can be adapted to neckties in which the strap or cord passes around the neck, instead of being looped upon the collar-button,

4o as contemplated in the preceding iigures.V

Fig. 4 is a plan view, detached, of the holder shown in Fig. l.

In Fig. l the tie is intended to be held in place by a loop which passes around the col- 45. lar-button. The loop is furnished by means of a cord or string, c, which at one end is attached, at a suitable point, as at b, to the shield or backA ci' the tie. point b of `attachment of the cord is also se- Sc cured the clip B, which in this instance is In proximity to the the spring-acting finger or strip attached to or having its point of support on the shield A,

at its upper end, and having its lower end slightly upturned, as indicated, in order to facilitate entrance of the cord a into the clip. 5 5

` I prefer to place the point of attachment, b,

of the cord, and also the clip B, upon a plate of sheet metal, C, which is formed, as shown in Fig. It, withv prongs c, by which it may be fastened to the shield A. The piece C, which 6o may .be termed the holden is struck out from one piece of metal with the prongs, the

attaching Vdevice b, and the clip B. The attaching device b is virtually a small springclip, consisting of a iinger which is bent over upon the face of the plate C, so as to form an eye, through which the cord c can be inserted, the cord being held in place by a simple knot jat its end, or by any other suitable means.

This construction of the part b is preferred, 7o inasmuch as it renders easy removing and replacing of the cord b whenever this becomes necessary. The clip B is also a finger, which is bent over upon the face of the plate C, so as to bear tightly but with yielding pressure upon or in the direction of the plate, and, as before stated, at its lower end slightly upturned, so' as to facilitate drawing the cord sidewise into the bite of the clip.

The operation is as follows: The cord is first 8o .l

looped over the collar-button, (indicated by dotted lines at the wearer then pulls down on free end of the cord until the tie is drawn up to its proper position with respect to the collar, and it is then made fast in this position by drawing the cord sidewise in the direction of the clip, and directing it with the finger under f the lower upturned end of the clip, with theresult of causing the cord to enter between the clip and plate C, where it will be held immova- 9o v ble and with entire security. It is represented in this position in full lines in Fig. l. 'In order to loosen and detach the tie, all that is required is to draw down on the end of the cord @which will have the effect of pulling the cord up from 9 5V the clip, in which position it is represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Y

The device represented in Fig. 2, with the exception of the guide-eye d, is substantially the same as the device in Fig. 1, and does not loo require explanation, further than to say that like letters of reference in both the gures refer to similar parts. Theguide-eye d, which is preferably made in one piece with plate C, 5 is intended to facilitate the operation of introducing the cord into the bite of the clip. The cord passes loosely through the eye, land the latter is placed in such relation to the clip that the cord, when it is pulled down, will extend Io in such a direction that -it can be readily drawn by a lateral movement under the upturned end of the clip without necessitating the use ofthe linger for guiding it to that place.

In the figures already described the cord or 15 strap is intended to loop over the collar-button. lIn Fig. 3 the devices are arranged so `as to adapt them for the use lof a band .or strap which passes around the neck. It is y,adapted i more particularly for use with standing col- 2O lars. In this fig-ure the .cor-d is attached at one end to one of the uppercorners xof the shield A. It may be attached at that point in any convenient man-ner; .but I prefer, as in the other cases7 to use a clip, c, similar tothe clipor eye 2 5 b, for the purpose of permitting the cord or; strap .toebe readily removed land replaced. At l the opposite` upper corner of the shield Yist placed in proper position .the V.clip C, which isu struck :out from sheet metal, provided with? 3o prongs, soas to perm-it of its readyattachment a to the shield.

YGord a is of a length to pass around `the'neek i and to engage the clip. AIhecravat is applied f by -tting to the neck or collar in proper place, r 3 5 and then passing the cord around the neck, and then ydrawing it by a fsidewise movement' into the bite of the clip.

In lieu of using la cord in .the arrangement i shown in Fig. 3., I may use a strap orband; er 4o the free endy of thestrap hor bandpfor that por tion of its length which is concealed by the tie may be reduced in size, or may consist simply of a cord, so as to facilitate its being connected to and disconnected from the clip.

What I claim as new and of my own inven- 45 tion is* l. -"The combinatiomwith a neck tie or scarf, of a strap or cord secured at one end to the tie, and' a holding clip into and from the bite of which said strap or cord can be drawn 5o by lateral movement thereof, in contradistinction .to ,a threading or endwise movement, Vsubstantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as here` inbefore set forth, of the neck tie or scarf, the 55 strap or cord attached at one end to the tie, the clip, anda guidcfeye through which the cord p asses .on its way to the clip, so placed as to maintain that Yportion of the cord below it in position where it .may readily enter the 6o bite of the clip.

The springfacting l:clip provided with an uptarnedor beveled `fr ee .end to facilitate vthe passage theneunderof fthe cor-d, in combi-nation with vthe :neclnti-e .and thestrap .or.cord, 65

.substantially as #and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

.11. AThe x:sheetfmetal holder, consisting -of ta plate provided with prongs for vits attachment vto the necktie, andwith a :spring-clip, 0, and 7o :aneyeior-attachingzdevice for one end of Va cord or strap-a, ic(ambi-nation with anecktie 4and cond Aor .fstnap, substantialiy as Vherei-rrlocfore set forth.

testimonyxwhereof 'I 'have hereunto vset -75 illy hand tlhisAth `day of 0ctober, 1883. 

